Prince, Keith Urban and Green Day are among 36 entertainment professionals who have been selected to receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Prince, who died in 2016 at age 57, will be a relatively rare posthumous induction. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, will be honored in a double ceremony.
The 2025 class was announced at a press conference held at Ovation Hollywood on Monday (June 24). Music producer Jimmy Jam and actors Joe Mantegna and Niecy Nash joined Hollywood Chamber of Commerce president/CEO Steve Nissen to make the announcement. Jimmy Jam was a close associate of Prince in the early 1980s when he and partner Terry Lewis were in The Time.
This year’s inductees range in age from Fantasia, 39, to Toni Vaz, 101. Vaz was Hollywood’s first Black stuntwoman and co-founder of the NAACP Image Awards. Other older inductees are Chinese-American actress Lisa Lu, 97; film and TV actress Jane Fonda, 86; and actor/director Bill Duke, 81.
Fonda, daughter of acting legend Henry Fonda, is one of three second-generation stars being honored, along with Emilio Estevez, son of Martin Sheen; and journalist Chris Wallace, son of 60 Minutes great Mike Wallace.
Most of the inductees are American, though some hail from outside the U.S. These include English band Depeche Mode; Mexican grupera band Los Bukis; Urban, who was born in New Zealand, but is now Australian/American; Irish actor Colin Farrell; Chinese-American actress Lisa Lu; Scottish actor Alan Cumming; and retired English football player David Beckham.
The Walk of Fame selection committee, made up of past Walk of Famers, selected this year’s honorees from among hundreds of nominees on June 14. The choices were ratified by the Hollywood Chamber’s board of directors that same day.
Dates have not yet been scheduled for these star ceremonies. Recipients have two years to schedule star ceremonies from the date of selection before they expire. Upcoming star ceremonies are usually announced 10 days prior to the dedication on the official website.
Star ceremonies are streamed worldwide. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce administers the Walk of Fame on behalf of the city of Los Angeles. Sponsors fund the star, the ceremony, and the maintenance of the world-famous attraction. Attending Walk of Fame ceremonies is free to the public. To learn more, and to find the location of stars on the Walk of Fame, visit the website.
Here are quick details about this year’s inductees into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, showing the current ages of all individuals.
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Recording
Depeche Mode, Green Day, The Isley Brothers and Prince have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Isley Brothers also received a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy. The Isley Brothers, Prince and Busta Rhymes have received lifetime achievement awards at the BET Awards. George Strait has been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Fantasia, Green Day, The Isley Brothers, George Strait, Keith Urban and Prince have won one or more Grammys. Prince also won an Oscar.
Fantasia, 39
Depeche Mode
Green Day
Los Bukis
The B-52s
The Isley Brothers
Busta Rhymes, 52
George Strait, 72
Keith Urban, 56
WAR
Prince (posthumous)
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Motion pictures
Jane Fonda is a two-time Oscar winner for best actress (Klute and Coming Home). Jessica Chastain has won once in that category (The Eyes of Tammy Faye). Colin Farrell was Oscar-nominated for best actor for The Banshees of Inisherin.
John Carpenter, 76, filmmaker
Jessica Chastain, 47, actress and producer
Bill Duke, 81, actor and director
Robert Englund, 77, actor and director
Emilio Estevez, 62, actor and filmmaker
Colin Farrell, 48, actor
Jane Fonda, 86, actress and activist
Nia Long, 53, actress
Lisa Lu, 97, actress
Glynn Turman, 77, actor, writer and director
Toni Vaz, 101, stuntwoman
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Television
Trey Parker and Matt Stone have won five Primetime Emmys for their work on South Park. They also won multiple Tony Awards (three for Parker, two for Stone) and a Grammy for The Book of Mormon, which means they are just an Oscar away from EGOT status.
Coutney B. Vance has won two Primetime Emmys. Sherri Shepherd won a Daytime Emmy as a co-host of The View. Fran Drescher, Bill Nye and Molly Shannon have all been nominated for Primetime Emmys.
Fran Drescher, 66, actress, writer and national president of SAG-AFTRA
Lauren Graham, 57, actress, producer and novelist
Bill Nye, 68, science communicator (Bill Nye the Science Guy)
Molly Shannon, 59, actress and comedian
Sherri Shepherd, 57, actress and TV personality
Courtney B. Vance, 64, actor
Chris Wallace, 76, broadcast journalist
Trey Parker, 54, and Matt Stone, 53, actors, animators, filmmakers (double ceremony)
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Live theater/performance
Alan Cumming is a two-time Tony winner. He won best actor in a musical for Cabaret (1998) and was among a platoon of producers on A Strange Loop, which was named best musical in 2022.
Misty Copeland, 41, ballet dancer
Alan Cumming, 59, actor
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Radio
Adam Carolla, 60, radio personality, comedian and podcaster
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Sports entertainment
David Beckham, 49, retired football player
Orel Hershiser, 65, retired baseball player and analyst
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